[16thregionballer]

i listened to 7 min of this garbage.  I don't need to hear anything more.  This coach was not begging for this kid.  It was clear from the conversation starting at 13 seconds in that he was returning a call.  It was clear 5 min in that he was giving education as to how the as a incoming freshman how paper how to be handled and that if the kid waiting past the end of the school year it became a transfer situation.  He explained all of that. 

It was the father that is clearly a peace of garbage.  " yeh, coach This is between you and I I understand confidentiality"  Then bashing a kid named Race, and calling him a cancer and that it was HE that wanted to get his son away from the situation.  I needed to only listen to this to tell you that your crying a game that if it went to court you would lose hands down.

Saying that.  I understand the suspension given to the coach.  He discussed another kid from his own team and that is something that he should not have done.  But given the situation, it was clear that the parent and this coach had a history.  If I were this coach I would find this guy and we would not have a pleasant conversation or outcome. 

I was expecting something else reading all this.  There is nothing here and you Boyd people need to let it go.  Your wonderful parent is garbage.  Pure garbage and a coward.

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lets dive a little deeper and apply the KISS method.  Boyd Co was just fine and dandy with any recruiting that was happening within or around up until 2017.  It wasn't until 2018 that Ashland starting catching up to Boyd and moving past them.  Now suddenly its a issue.

The thing is that Boyd isn't bad.  They win a lot of games.  I went back 10 years and looked at records.  It wasn't all that long ago that Boyd was in the sweet 16.  Move on and just play ball.

This parent went in to set this coach up.  It worked congratulations.

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I read this is a long going issue with Mays at Ashland.  How can that be.  He came in at Ashland in 2019 33-0 sweet 16 that was cxl.  2020 22-5 and again sweet 16 2021 26-6 and again sweet 16.  That same time Boyd hasn't beaten Ashland and honestly looking at the scores they aren't even competitive for the most part.  There you go.  So no wonder this parent wanted to send his son to Ashland.  Hell, I don't blame him.  History is what it is under this coach. 

Mar 3, 2019 Ashland Blazer 59 Boyd County 43 2019 16th Region Boys Basketball Tournament Championship
Jan 12, 2020 Ashland Blazer 71 Boyd County 60
Jan 29, 2020 Ashland Blazer 55 Boyd County 50
Feb 27, 2020 Ashland Blazer 62 Boyd County 55 2020 64th District Boys Basketball Tournament Championship
Jan 9, 2021 Ashland Blazer 54 Boyd County 52
Jan 30, 2021 Boyd County 0 Ashland Blazer 0 COVID Cancelation - RPI per policy
Feb 14, 2021 Ashland Blazer 81 Boyd County 59
Mar 1, 2021 Ashland Blazer 67 Boyd County 57
Mar 18, 2021 Ashland Blazer 69 Boyd County 64 2021 64th District Boys Basketball Tournament Championship
Jan 11, 2022 Ashland Blazer 72 Boyd County 54
Jan 25, 2022 Ashland Blazer 88 Boyd County 62
Feb 24, 2022 Ashland Blazer 82 Boyd County 63 2022 64th District Boys Basketball Tournament Championship
Mar 8, 2022 Ashland Blazer 84 Boyd County 52 2022 16th Region Boys Basketball Tournament Championship

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and if you really want to get salty there Boyd fans historically Ashland is your daddy.  That certainly has to sting a little I'm sure.  Again no dog in the fight but I love to look at numbers.  They are what they are and they show what you are against em.   

https://scoreboard.12dt.com/scoreboard/k...4378413d3d

For the record I'm a 10 Region guy

No dog in the fight. Haha your rant is about everything but mays begging this kid to come. Promises the kid everything from being the leading scorer in Ashland history and wanting him over the bc kid he had already recruited. You are delusional at best. Obviously you on here defending mays recruiting multiple players from across the state and bashing his kids. You siding with that. Tells me all I need to know about your lack of respect for bylaws and the governing body. It’s pathetic really. Why have rules. Wild Wild West. Believe me your not a 10 region guy. Your a Mays man.

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As for the popularity of this thread, any time the winningest high school basketball program in the state of Kentucky is caught up in a recruiting scandal, sports fans will take notice.  Add to that the fact that there’s a private phone call that was recorded and released on the internet and you’ve got yourself a soap opera situation.

Throw in an arrogant coach at Ashland, a lunatic father from Boyd, a senior transfer from Boyd to Ashland who the lunatic father despises, his boy being touted as the next OJ Mayo, a few other transfers at Ashland from Boyd, Greenup, and the Sudan, a headstrong principal at Ashland, and perhaps the most hypocritical bunch of people at Boyd from administrators to parents across all sports that I’ve ever seen…and yeah, you’ve got yourself 31,000 views.

It’s surprising none of the local media has had the guts to dig into the details of what’s going on.  We seem to have an area full of wannabe high school sports reporters in addition to the stalwarts at the Daily Independent.  So many clicks and views they could be mining from this story, but rarely a word from any of them.  Strange.

This is a sad story. Mays using ashland for his own benefit to promote himself. Ashland kids getting recruited over and talked about by there coach. It’s sickening really. His only support at ashland is Campbell. Everyone else is embarrassed of this entire situation. 3 game suspension for a coach kicked out of a game for unsportsmanlike conduct. 4 games suspension for multiple violations and kids. Campbell definitely has a future in politics.  He sure can’t control a school. His coach or any other system of controls.